Socio-Economic Inequality

The Institute for Structural Reforms research both income and wealth inequality. While income is derived from work, wealth can be accumulated from financial capital as well as property ownership. We examine these economic-social inequalities, their affect and variation in Israeli society.

Policy Papers

Socio-Economic Inequality

19.10.2023

The Inaccessibility to Protected Residential Space in Israel, Gal Lifshitz

This position paper examines the accessibility to protective space in Israel. The picture emerging from the analysis of the Central Bureau of Statistics data is concerning and shows that economic disparities have a significant impact on the accessibility to protected space. While a quarter (26%) of households in the lowest decile have immediate access to a protected space, two-thirds (59%) of households in the highest decile have immediate access to a protected space.

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Academic Essay

Socio-Economic Inequality

1.5.2020

The monopolies behind the 'evil' problems: Institutional dispersion for equality, Eve Guterman.

How Decentralized Ledger Technologies (DLTs) Challenges Centralized Monopolies in the Market

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Slideshow

Socio-Economic Inequality

1.5.2020

Monopolies in the Information Age: Dispersion of Institutions for the Social System. Eve Guterman.

This presentation deals with the problems of current capitalism, the rise of new wealth and the importance of human and technological capital

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Socio-Economic Inequality

12.5.2019

The New Wealth in Israel - Sagit Azari Wiesel

Starting from 1995, a group of researchers from the World Bank publishes every few years a report on "The Wealth of Nations" - its size, characteristics, and significance. The report highlights the importance of measuring wealth as a complementary indicator to the Gross Domestic Product, in assessing the stability and economic strength of countries. Wealth is measured through physical capital, natural resource capital, and intangible capital, which is mostly human capital.

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Policy Papers

Socio-Economic Inequality

1.8.2017

Indicators of Consumption Inequality - Dr. Avichai Shnir

Most research on inequality focuses on income inequality, as this is the data that is most readily available. However, measuring consumption inequality is of great theoretical and political importance.

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Policy Papers

Socio-Economic Inequality

5.1.2015

Cost of Living and the Real Measure

In terms of the CPI, consumption baskets of tenths of income indicate that there is an inverse relationship between Income to inflation for households. That is, the lower the household is in the decimal Income so that the price index for the same household is higher

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